Both Uses of
symposium
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- —A symposium all his own, Mr Dedalus said.†
Chpt 11 *symposium = gathering to discuss a specific subject
- The prohibition of the use of fleshmeat and milk at one meal: the hebdomadary symposium of incoordinately abstract, perfervidly concrete mercantile coexreligionist excompatriots: the circumcision of male infants: the supernatural character of Judaic scripture: the ineffability of the tetragrammaton: the sanctity of the sabbath.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
a gathering to discuss a specific subject
Symposiums typically have shared and breakout sessions in which individuals or panels of experts address audiences.